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例二： parent, tell, call, celebrate, together, why, start, after, shop, newspaper Most people buy lots of presents just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day (1) _______ Buy Nothing Day. They don’t want anyone to go (2) _______ on that day. Buy Nothing Day is November 29. It is (3) _______ Thanksgiving. Often, before Christmas we see many ads in (4) _______ and on TV (5) _________ us to “buy, buy, buy!” The idea for Buy Nothing Day (6) _______ in Vancouver, Canada. Now people all over the world (7) _______ Buy Nothing Day. In California, the US, (8) _________ and children get (9) _______ to read stories, sing songs, and draw pictures. The children talk about (10) _______ they don’t need a lot of toys. 本文是向考生介绍一个特殊的日子——Buy Nothing Day，因此第1空应填called。既然是Buy Nothing Day，那就应该是不让人们“购物 (go shopping)”。第3空考查常识，Buy Nothing Day的日期是November 29，应该在Thanksgiving之后，故此空白处应填after。“看见广告”通常应在报纸上或电视上，因此第4空白处应填newspapers。结合文意可知第5空白处应填写一个动词，并且能用动词不定式作复合宾语，此动词应是tell，此处应用“动词-ing”形式，即telling。 第6空白处所在的句子是介绍Buy Nothing Day的起源，是过去的事情，应用started。现在，世界各地也像庆祝其他节日一样来庆祝Buy Nothing Day，因此第7个空白处应填写celebrate (庆祝)。第8空白处应填parents与children对应。第9空白处应填together与动词get构成get together短语，意思是“团聚”。第10空白处应填why来澄清“they don’t need a lot of toys”的原因。Section One Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the proper words in the box. Each word should be used only once. (1) agree, leave, pay, taste, as, thank, place, thief, polite, come You’ve finished eating a (1)_______ meal in a British restaurant and the bill has been paid. But why are people giving more money? Are they mad? Not at all. They’re (2)_______ a tip. A tip is a small amount of money that you give to someone to say “thank you” for good service. Tipping is very common in many (3)_______ in Britain. For example, it’s common to tip in restaurants, taxis, hotels and even hairdressers! People give 10 to 15 per cent of the final bill (4)_______ a tip. Sometimes the tip is added to the bill. Other times you le